Sample Sentences for
stimulus
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    When his heart spoke to him, it was to provide a stimulus to the boy, and to give him strength, because the days of silence there in the desert were wearisome.  (source)
    stimulus = something that encourages action
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    "At this point," she said, "pain is our ally. It acts as a stimulus. It will help him regain consciousness."  (source)
    stimulus = something that causes the body to react
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    It's the consequence of adrenaline and other hormones flooding our system, usually in response to some kind of stimulus.  (source)
    stimulus = something external that causes the body to react
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    He seemed to have lost the power of intellectual effort, now that the stimulus of pain had been removed.  (source)
    stimulus = something that makes the body react
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    When they find either thing, they stop to enjoy the visual stimuli.  (source)
    stimuli = things that create excitement
    standard suffix: Note that stimuli is plural for stimulus. This pattern is seen in other words that come from Latin such as cacti for cactus, fungi for fungus, and nuclei for nucleus.
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    She could think of nothing but, once started, Gerald needed no stimulus other than an audience.†  (source)
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    There were too many stimuli, in this water, under this sky, the light a latticework shifting over her bright flesh.  (source)
    stimuli = things that causes a reaction
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    And then Anthony spoke of the proper experiences of an artist, of the appreciation and criticism and stimulus he should expect from his friends, of the hazards he should take in the pursuit of emotion, of one thing and another while I fell drowsy and let my mind wander a little.†  (source)
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    I felt drugged, disengaged, thoroughly insulated from external stimuli.†  (source)
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    It was indeed but a passing trance, that only made me feel with renewed acuteness so soon as, the unnatural stimulus ceasing to operate, I had returned to my old habits.†  (source)
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    Her blood pressure gradually worsened, and she was losing what little function, purposeful movement, and response to stimuli she had.†  (source)
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    Bessie asked if I would have a book: the word BOOK acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gulliver's Travels from the library.†  (source)
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    So basically you're going to try to hypnotize me, and then you're going to hook me up to these machines of yours and make me fall asleep while you toy with my mind using electrical stimuli.†  (source)
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